shell game
Example Sentences
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“It’s a shell game and there’s no way to enforce this stuff because it’s all an algorithm in a black box — how we’re paid and whether or not we get benefits,” Moore said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
"Your assets can be moved around in whatever shell game Binance prefers. And in the end, whenever everything crashes you're last in line," Stark told Reuters.
From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2023
An unreliable narrator is an invitation to a shell game.
From New York Times • May 16, 2023
"A shell game to conceal who you really are."
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023
Jinx grabbed Ned by the elbow and led him to the shell game.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
